90. The Holy Women and Others Help Prepare for the Burial

The holy women helped in various ways, presenting when necessary vessels of water, sponges, towels, ointments and spices. When not so engaged, they remained at a little distance, attentively watching what was going on. Among them were Mary Cleophas, Salome, and Veronica, but Magdalen was always busied around the Sacred Body. Mary Heli, the Blessed Virgin's elder sister, and who was already an aged matron, was sitting apart on the earth-wall of the circle, silently looking on.

90. 圣妇们和其他人帮助准备安葬耶稣

圣妇们以各种方式提供帮助，必要时提供盛水的容器、海绵、毛巾、药膏和香料。 当不需要参与的时候，她们会保持一段距离，专心地观察正在进行的工作。 其中有玛利亚·克罗帕、撒落美和维洛尼加，但玛达肋纳总是在圣身周围忙碌。玛利亚赫里，圣母的长姐已经是年迈的主妇，正坐在刑场的土墙上，静静地看着。

John lent constant assistance to the Blessed Virgin. He went to and fro between the women and the men, now helping the former in their task of love, and afterward assisting the latter in every way to prepare all things for the burial. Everything was thought of. The women had leathern water bottles, which they opened, and pressed the sides together to pour out their contents, also a vessel nearby on burning coals. They gave Mary and Magdalen clear water and fresh sponges according as required, squeezing into leathern bottles those that had been used. I think the round lumps that I saw them squeezing out must have been sponges.

若望不断地帮助圣母。 他在女人和男人之间来回穿梭，现在帮助妇女完成她们的爱情任务，然后在各方面协助男人们准备葬礼的一切。 一切都考虑周到。妇女们拿着皮革水壶，她们打开水壶，挤压两边倒出水，这也是附近烧煤用的容器。她们给圣母和玛达肋纳提供清水和新鲜的海绵，并按照要求把用过的海绵里的水挤进皮革瓶子里。 我想我看到她们挤出的圆形块体一定是海绵。

The men meanwhile had retired to a little cave that lay deep on the southwestern side of the mount. There they completed their preparations for the burial and set all things in order. Cassius and a number of soldiers who had been converted to the Lord remained standing at a respectful distance. All the ill- disposed had returned to the city, and those now present served as a guard to prevent the approach of anyone likely to interrupt the last honors being shown to Jesus. Some of them, when called upon, rendered assistance here and there by handing different articles. (Vol. 4, pp. 327-328)

与此同时，男人们已经退到了哥耳哥达山的西南方深处的一个小山洞里。他们在那里完成了安葬的准备工作，并把一切安排的井井有条。 卡休斯和一些皈依主的士兵仍然恭敬地站在远处。 所有不怀好意的人都回到了城里，现在在场的人充当了守卫，向耶稣圣尸做最后致敬，防止干扰耶稣安葬的人靠近， 他们中的一些人，当被要求时，通过传递不同的物品来提供帮助。 （第 4 卷，第 327-328 页）